Raspberry Pi NAS Box
Description
# A small desktop NAS for all your file sharing needs # I designed this bad boy around a Raspberry Pi 4b and four 500gb laptop hard drives, but any current pi should fit, along with any slim laptop hard drives. Please note that 4tb laptop drives tend to be a bit thicker, and may not fit in this case without a bit of modification. Also, you'll want to make sure to either use the linked USB / SATA connectors, or measure the height (width?) of them to make sure they'll fit between the two walls when sliding drives into place. The case is designed around the connectors linked below, which provide a pressure fit that keeps the drives in place, no other tape or anything necessary. The added pressure of the back plate that slides in place keeps everything tucked nicely in place. Can probably print this without support as long as your bridging is up to spec, but a minimal amount of support for the front plate (where the switch mounts) can help if needed. Print the main case with the drive slots down, and the back piece with the grille down. What you do with the software is up to you, but personally, I chose to set up a RAID5 array of the four drives, giving me a total of 1.5TB of usable space. I then installed NextcloudPi, a wonderful little wrapper for the open source file sharing app Nextcloud that's optimized to run on raspis. This will give you a nice file sharing interface, and there are apps you can download for both android and iOS for Nextcloud that will auto upload your camera roll! Tons of plugins too for customizing your install to your needs. Take it to the next level by getting a domain name for your house from DynDNS, and port forward through your router, and you've got a secured NAS that's accessible from anywhere! Regardless, this is just the box, maybe I'll write up a guide for the software side if there's any demand. # Parts list # - [Hard drives](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0100ZM5QG?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details) - [USB / SATA connectors](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S9CKV7X?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details) - [Power supply](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HCS1X66?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details) - [Power plug](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07LF1193N?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details) - [Switches (need to modify the plate to turn the switch around if you want it to lock on like in my image)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T6XJF1T?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details) - [Cooling fan](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N1Y4RLU?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details)
Statistics
Likes
22
Downloads
0